MANUAL 


OF  THE 


Alliance  of  the  Reformed  Churches 

■  Throughout  the  World 


HOLDING  THE 


Presbyterian  System. 


WITH   A   BRIEF  HISTORY   OF  THE   ALLIANCE. 


BY  THE 


Rev.  WM.  HENRY  ROBERTS,  D.D.,LLD. 

American  Secretary. 


PHILADELPHIA 
1898 


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Alliance  of  the  Reformed 
Churches  Throughout  the 
Manual  of  the  Alliance  of 


MANUAL 


OF   THE 


Alliance  of  the  Reformed  Churches 


Throughout  the  World 

HOLDING  THE 


Presbyterian  System. 


WITH    A    BRIEF   HISTORY   OF  THE    ALLIANCE. 


BY   THE 

Rev.  WM.  HENRY  ROBERTS,  D.D.,LL.D. 

American  Secretary. 


PHILADELPHIA 
1898 


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This  publication  is  authorized  by  the  Western  Section  of  the 
' '  Alliance  of  the  Reformed  Cliurches  throughout  the  World 
holding  the  Presbyterian  System,"  and  is  intended  for  the  use 

of  the  members  of  the  Section. 

W.  H.  Egberts, 

Americayi  Secretary. 


CONTENTS. 

I.     History  of  the  Alliance,          ......  5-14 

II.     Constitution, 15 

III.  List  of  Churches, 18 

IV.  Members  and  adherents  by  countries,       ...  21 
v.     Plan  and  Rules  of  general  administration,      .         .         .  22-32 

1.  The  Executive  Commission,       ....  22 

2.  Objects  of  the  Commission,    .....  22 

3.  Bounds  of  the  Sections, 23 

4.  The  President, 24 

5.  The  General  Secretary,     .....  24 

6.  The  American  Secretary, 25 

7.  The  Treasurers, 25 

8.  Filling  Tacancies,  .......  25 

9.  The  Business  Committee,          ....  26 

10.  The  Committee  on  Foreign  Missions,     ...  26 

11.  The  Committe'e  on  Work  on  the  European  Conti- 

nent,       27 

12.  The  Committee  on  the  Desiderata  of  Presbytprian 

History,    ........  27 

13.  The  Committee  on  Sabbath-schools,  ...  2S 

14.  Committee  on  Credentials,     .....  28 

15.  Committee  of  Arrangements,     ....  2S 

16.  Committee  on  Eeception  of  Churches,    ...  28 

17.  Appointment  of  Council  Committees,        .         .  29 

18.  Basis  of  representation,           .....  29 

19.  Corresponding  members,  .....  29 

20.  Papers  of  absentees,        ......  30 

21.  Clerks  of  Council, 30 

22.  Finance, 30 

23.  Reports  to  the  Council,      .....  31 

24.  Quarterly  Register,         ......  31 

VI.     Rules  of  the  Western  Section, 33-35 

1.  Traveling  expenses, 33 

2.  Apportionments  for  expenses,    ....  33 

3.  Dates  of  meetings,          ......  33 

4.  Annual  reports, 34 

5.  The  Committee  on  Cooperation  in  Home  Missions,  34 

6.  Plan  of  Cooperation, 34 

VII.  Rules  of  Order, 36-38 

VIII.  Officers  of  the  Alliance,  etc., 39-44 

1.  Officers, 39 

2.  Executive  Commission, 39 

3.  Pt-rmanent  Comniitt«e-, 42 


HISTORY. 

The  idea  of  an  orgauizatioa  including  the  several  Churches 
of  the  Protestant  Reformation  was  a  favorite  thought  of  many 
of  the  leading  Reformers.  Calvin,  writing  to  Archbishop  Cran- 
mer  in  1552,  said,  "  When  our  purpose  is  to  unite  the  senti- 
ments of  all  good  and  learned  men,  and  so  according  to  the  rule 
of  Scripture,  to  bring  the  separated  Churches  into  one,  neither 
labor  nor  trouble  of  any  kind  should  be  spared."  The  idea  was 
embodied  in  the  second  Book  of  Discipline  of  the  Church  of 
Scotland  (1580),  and  given  a  definite  form  in  a  section  reading : 

"  There  is  besydes  these,  an  uther  mair  generall  kynde  of 
assemblie,  quhilk  is  of  all  nations  and  estaits  of  persons  within 
the  Kirk,  representing  the  universall  Kirk  of  Christ :  Quhilk 
may  be  callit  properlie  the  Generall  Assemblie  or  Generall 
Councell  of  the  haill  Kirk  of  God." 

The  Synod  of  Dort,  called  by  the  States  General  of  Holland, 
and  meeting  at  Dort,  1618-19,  was  the  first  of  the  ecumenical 
councils  of  the  Reformed  Churches.  Invitations  were  sent  to 
all  the  Protestant  Churches,  and  the  majority  of  them  were 
represented  by  delegates,  five  of  whom  were  from  the  Church  of 
England.  The  Westminster  Assembly,  held  at  London,  England, 
16-13-52,  was  also  in  part  representative  of  the  unity  of  the 
Church,  for  commissioners  were  appointed  or  invited  to  it  from 
the  Churches  of  Scotland,  Ireland  and  New  England,  as  well  as 
of  Ensfland.  That  disting-uished  bodv  was  not  therefore  a  local 
gathering,  but  has  been  justly  regarded  as  the  first  of  the  eccle- 
siastical councils  of  English-speaking  Christians.  A  little  after 
the  middle  of  the  nineteenth  ^century,  influential  Presbyterians 
in  Great  Britain  and  the  United  States  began  to  suggest  the 
formino-  of  a  oeneral  ors-anization  which  should  include  all  the 


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Eeformed  Churches  wherever  found.  Chief  among  the  leaders 
in  the  new  movement  were  the  Rev.  James  McCosh,  D.D., 
LL.D,,  President  of  Princeton  Universit}-,  U.  S.  A.,  and  the 
Rev.  William  Garden  Blaikie,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  of  the  Free  Church 
College,  Edinburgh,  Scotland.  In  the  year  1870,  Dr.  McCosh 
gave  expression  to  his  views  on  the  subject  in  a  sermon 
preached  before  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  U.  S,  A.,  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.  This  was  the  first 
Assembly  of  the  reunited  Old  and  New  School  Churches,  and 
the  auspicious  occasion  furthered  the  suggestions  made  by  him. 
In  his  discourse.  Dr.  McCosh  said,  ' '  It  has  long  been  a  favorite 
idea  of  mine  that  all  the  Presbyterian  Churches  may  be  brought 
together  at  a  Pan- Presbyterian  Council  at  which  each  of  them 
might  be  represented.  I  believe  that  the  idea  of  such  a  union 
has  occurred  to  many  within  the  last  few  years.  I  do  not  claim 
to  myself  any  superiority  of  wisdom  ;  but  for  the  last  ten  years 
I  have  been  speaking  and  writing  on  this  subject  in  a  variety  of 
quarters.  I  was  met  Avith  a  right  Irish  cheer  when  I  pro- 
claimed it  in  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Irish  Presbyterians. 
I  unfolded  my  views  more  fully  in  an  article  of  the  Weekly 
Beview,  an  able  organ  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  published  in 
London.  I  believe  I  spoke  of  it  at  the  meetings  of  both 
General  Assemblies  at  St.  Louis,  in  1866."  It  was  at  this 
Reunion  Assembly  that  Dr.  Blaikie,  who  was  a  delegate  to  it 
from  the  Free  Church  of  Scotland,  first  became,  according  to  his 
own  testimony,*  fully  imbued  with  the  desirability  of  the 
establishment  of  that  Alliance,  in  which  he  has  been,  under  the 
blessing  of  God,  so  potential  and  beneficial  a  power.  Action  by 
ecclesiastical  bodies  in  harmony  with  Dr.  McCosh' s  proposal  was 
taken  in  1873,  both  in  Ireland  and  the  United  States.  In  the 
American     General    Assenibl}^    the    following    overture    was 

*See  Dr.  Blaikie's  Sketch  of  the  origiu  of  the  Alliance  in  the  volume  of  the 
Proceedings  of  the  Edinbiirgh  Conucil  ;  to  which  the  author  of  this  Manual 
acknowledges  his  obligations  for  valuable  information. 


approved,  and  a  Committee  appointed  to  correspond  with  other 
Churches  : 

"  Whereas,  There  is  substantial  unity  in  faith,  discipline  and  worship  among 
the  Presbyterian  Churches  in  this  and  other  lands  ;  Whereas,  It  is  important  to 
exhibit  this  unity  to  other  Churches  and  the  world  ;  Whereas,  A  desire  has 
been  expressed  in  many  lands  for  closer  union,  among  all  branches  of  the  great 
and  widely  scattered  family  of  Presbyterian  Churches  ;  therefore, 

''^Resolved,  That  a  Committee,  consisting  of  the  Moderator  (Rev.  Howard 
Crosby,  D.D.,  LL.D.),  the  Stated  Clerk  (Rev.  Edwin  F.  Hatfield,  D.D.),  and 
the  Rev.  James  McCosh,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  be  appointed  to  correspond  with  sist«r 
Churches  holding  by  the  Westminster  Standards,  with  the  view  of  bringing 
about  an  ecumenical  council  of  such  Churches,  to  consider  subjects  of  common 
interest  to  all,  and  especially  to  promote  harmony  of  action  in  the  mission 
fields  at  home  and  abroad." 

An  overture  substantiall}'^  similar  was  adopted  by  the  General 
Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Ireland.  In  October, 
1873,  a  meeting  of  ministers  and  laymen  was  held  in  the  city 
of  New  York,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Committee  of  the 
American  General  Assembly.  About  150  persons  attended, 
and  the  following  resolutions  were  adopted  unanimously  : 

"1.  That,  Whereas,  The  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
the  United  States  of  America,  and  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Ireland,  at  their  last  meetings,  passed  resolutions  in  favor  of  an 
ecumenical  council  of  Presbyterian  Churches,  we,  providentially  brought  to- 
g-ether at  this  time,  and  belonging  to  various  branches  of  the  Presbyterian 
family,  cordially  sympathise  with  these  movements  towards  a  General  Council 
of  the  Presbyterian  Churches  in  various  lands. 

"2.  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  correspond  with  individuals  and  with 
organized  bodies  in  order  to  ascertain  the  feeling  of  Presbyterians  in  regard  to 
such  federal  council,  and  to  take  such  measures  as  may  in  their  judgment 
promote  this  object. 

"  3.  That  this  Committee  be  authorized  to  cooperate,  as  far  as  possible,  with 
the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Ireland,  and  with  the 
Committee  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United 
States  of  America." 

The  Committee  thus  authorized  consisted  of  the  representa- 
tives of  ten  Presbvterian  and  Reformed  Churches,  the  Chair- 
man beins:    the    Rev.    Dr.    James    McCosli.     This    Committee 


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issued  a  fraternal  address  to  the  Churches  generally,  asking  the 
appointment  of  Committees  of  Correspondence,  and  suggesting 
other  arrangements  for  the  practical  outworking  of  the  proposal 
for  a  Council.  The  proposition  of  the  Committee  was  fol- 
lowed in  187-i  by  the  aiDpointment  of  Committees  as  suggested 
by  many  General  Assemblies  and  General  Synods.  In  addition. 
Dr.  McCosh  visited  Great  Britain  and  conferred  with  the  Com- 
mittees appointed  by  the  Presbyterian  Churches  of  the  United 
Kingdom.  As  a  result  of  his  visit,  preliminary  meetings  were 
held  at  Edinburgh  on  November  13,  and  at  New  York  on  De- 
cember 3,  1874.  At  the  Edinburgh  conference  there  were 
present  the  representatives  of  six  Churches,  with  the  Kev.  Dr. 
Duff  in  the  chair.  At  the  New  York  meeting  the  representa- 
tives of  seven  Churches  were  in  attendance,  with  Rev.  Dr.  John 
Hall  as  Chairman.  Both  meetings  approved  of  a  joint  prelim- 
inary congress  of  delegates  from  British,  American,  Continental 
and  Colonial  Churches  to  be  held  in  London  in  1875,  and  if  the 
way  should  be  clear,  to  adopt  a  Constitution  and  make  other 
arrangements  for  the  first  meeting  of  a  General  Council.  In 
conformity  with  this  plan,  the  General  Assemblies  and  Synods 
of  the  Churches  in  1875  appointed  representatives,  and  a  con- 
ference, which  is  Justly  regarded  as  the  first  conciliar  gathering 
since  the  seventeenth  century  of  the  Reformed  Churches  hold- 
ing the  Presbyterian  system,  was  held  in  the  English  Presby- 
terian College,  Guilford  street,  London,  on  Wednesday,  July  21, 
in  that  year,  and  was  presided  over  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  McCosh, 
with  Prof  Blaikie,  of  Edinburgh,  and  the  Rev.  G.  D.  Mathews, 
of  New  York,  as  the  Clerks.  Of  the  one  hundred  and  one 
delegates  appointed,  sixty-four  were  present,  representing 
twenty-one  Churches.  The  commissioners  of  the  United  Pres- 
byterian Church  of  North  America  were  not  able  to  be  present. 
The  other  Churches  represented  were 

The  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  U.S.  A. 

The  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  U.  S.  , . 

The  Synod  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  in  America. 


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The  Reformed  Church  in  America. 

The  Presbyterian  Church  in  England. 

The  Presbyterian  Church  of  Wales  [Calvinistic  Methodist]. 

The  Church  of  Scotland. 

The  Free  Church  of  Scotland. 

The  United  Presbyterian  Church  of  Scotland. 

The  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  of  Scotland. 

The  Presbyterian  Church  in  Ireland. 

The  Presbyterian  Church  in  Canada. 

The  Reformed  Church  of  France. 

The  Missionary  Church  of  Belgium. 

The  Union  of  Evangelical  Churches  of  France. 

The  Evangelical  Church  of  the  Canton  de  Vaud,  Switzerland. 

The  Evangelical  Church  of  Neuchatel,  Switzerland. 

The  Waldensian  Church  of  Italy. 

The  Reformed  Church  of  East  Friesland. 

The  Free  Evangelical  Church  of  Germany,  and 

The  Evangelical  Church  of  Spain, 

The  work  of  the  London  conference  included  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Alliance,  the  adoption  of  a  Constitution,  and  the 
agreement  that  the  First  Council  should  be  held  at  Edinburgh, 
Scotland,  on  July  4,  1876.  This  date  for  the  Edinburgh  Council, 
however,  was  found  to  be  unacceptable  to  the  American 
Churches,  owing  to  the  fact  that  the  year  appointed  was  that  of 
the  Centennial  celebration  of  American  Independence,  and  the 
meeting  was  postponed,  therefore,  until  July  3,  1877. 

The  first  General  Council  was  highly  successful,  and  there 
were  present  two  hundred  and  twenty  delegates  and  eighty  asso- 
ciates from  the  following  forty-three  Churches  : 

THE  CONTINENT  OF  EUROPE. 

Reformed  Church  in  Bohemia. 

Reformed  Church  in  Moravia. 

Reformed  Church  of  Hiingary. 

Union  of  Evangelical  Churches  in  Belgium. 

Missionary  Christian  Church  of  Belgium. 

Reformed  Church  of  France. 

Union  of  the  Free  Evangelical  Churches  of  France. 

Free  Evangelical  Church  of  Germany. 

"Waldensian  Evangelical  Church,  Italy. 


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Evangelical  Church  in  Italy. 

Reformed  Church  of  the  Netherlands. 

The  Christian  Reformed  Church  in  the  Netherlands. 

Old  Reformed  Churches  of  Bentheim  and  East  Friesland. 

Spanish  Christian  Church. 

Free  Evangelical  Church  of  Neuchatel. 

Free  Evangelical  Church  of  the  Canton  de  Vaud. 

UNITED  KINGDOM. 

Presbyterian  Church  of  England. 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Ireland. 
Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  in  Ireland. 
Church  of  Scotland. 
Free  Church  of  Scotland. 
United  Presbyterian  Church  of  Scotland. 
Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  of  Scotland. 
Synod  of  the  United  Originnl  Secession  Church. 
Calviuistic  Methodist  Church  of  Wales. 

ASIA. 

Presbytery  of  Ceylon. 

AFRICA. 
Dutch  Reformed  Church  in  South  Africa. 
Dutch  Reformed  Church  of  the  Orange  Free  State. 

NORTH  AMERICA. 

Presbyterian  Church  in  Canada. 

Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States  of  America. 

Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States. 

Welsh  Calvinistic  Methodist  or  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States. 

United  Presbyterian  Church  of  North  America. 

Associate  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  of  the  South. 

General  Synod  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  in  America. 

Synod  of  the  Reformed  Presl)yterian  Church  in  America. 

Reformed  Church  in  America. 

AUSTRAL  A.SIA. 

Presbyterian  Church  of  Eastern  Australia,  N.  S.  W. 

Presbyterian  Church  of  New  South  Wales. 

Presbyterian  Church  of  Queensland. 

Presbyterian  Church  of  New  Zealand  (North). 

Presbyterian  Church  of  Otago  and  Southland  (South).  ,• 

Mission  Synod  of  the  New  Hebrides. 


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The  General  Councils,  since  the  first,  have  been  held  as  fol- 
lows :  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  in  1880;  Belfast,  Ireland,  in  1884; 
London,  England,  in  1888 ;  Toronto,  Canada,  in  1892,  and 
Glasgow,  Scotland,  in  1896.  The  proceedings  of  the  Councils 
have  been  published  in  six  octavo  volumes. 

During  the  intervals  between  Councils,  the  business  of  the 
Alliance  was  first  conducted  by  general  Committees  responsible 
only  to  the  Council.  This  plan  was  altered  at  the  Belfast  Council 
in  188-4  [see  Belfast  Vol.,  p.  527].  An  Executive  Commission 
was  there  constituted,  whose  organization  and  whose  powers  are 
indicated  on  p.  22.  This  Executive  Commission  is  divided 
into  two  sections,  one  for  North  America,  and  the  other 
for  the  remaining  five  continents.  They  are  called  the  West- 
ern and  the  Eastern  Sections  respectively,  and  each  has  its  own 
Chairman  and  Secretary.  At  Belfast,  Toronto  and  London  pro- 
vision was  also  made  for  a  more  thorough  organization  of  the 
Council.  That  body  has  now  its  own  officers,  viz.,  a  President, 
who  is  the  President  of  the  Alliance,  and  two  Secretaries,  the 
one  General  and  the  other  the  American  Secretary,  who  are 
Secretaries  of  the  Alliance.  These  Secretaries  are  also  the 
Stated  and  Permanent  Clerks  of  the  Council,  and  perform  in 
addition  the  duties  of  Secretaries,  respectively  for  the  Eastern 
and  Western  Sections.  There  are  also  two  Temporary  Clerks, 
who  are  appointed  at  each  Council,  and  aid  the  Secretaries  in 
their  duties. 

The  following  ministers  have  been  Presidents  of  the  Alli- 
ance: 

1.  Rev.  W.  G.  Blaikie;  D.D.,  LL.D.,  1888-92,  who  presided 
at  the  Toronto  Council. 

2.  Rev.  Talbot  W.  Chambers,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  1892-96.  Dr. 
Chambers  departed  this  life  February  2,  1896. 

3.  Rev.  William  Henry  Roberts,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  who  was 
chosen  as  the  successor  of  Dr.  Chambers,  and  presided  at  the 
Glasgow  Council,  June,  1896. 


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The  Eev.  J.  Marshall  Lang,  D.D.,  of  Glasgow,  Scotland,  is  the 
President  of  the  Alliance  for  the  term  1896-99. 

The  General  Secretary  of  the  Alliance  is  Kev.  George  D. 
Mathews,  D.D.,  London,  England,  and  the  American  Secretary 
is  the  Kev.  William  Henry  Eoberts,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  of  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

In  addition  to  the  Executive  Commission,  the  work  of  the 
Council  is  carried  forward  through  Committees  which  are 
appointed  by  the  Council,  though  under  the  supervision  of  the 
Executive  Commission.     These  Committees  are : 

1.  The  Committee  on  Cooperation  in  Foreign  Missions. 

2.  The  Committee  on  Work  on  the  European  Continent. 

3.  The  Committee  on  Sabbath-schools. 

4.  The  Committee  on  Desiderata  of  Presbyterian  History. 

5.  The  Committee  on  Cooperation  in  Home  Missions  ;  which 
is  a  Committee  only  of  the  Western  Section. 

The  constituency  of  the  Alliance  now  [1898]  consists  of 
eighty -six  different  denominational  or  national  Churches  found 
on  all  the  five  continents,  and  including  a  Presbyterian  popula- 
tion of  about  twenty-two  millions.  The  names  of  the  Churches 
will  be  found  in  the  list  on  p.  21.  Following  the  list  ot 
Churches  will  be  found  a  statement  of  the  Presbyterian  popu- 
lation in  the  several  countries  of  the  world. 

The  results  of  the  work  of  the  Alliance  may  be  briefly  stated 
as  follows  : 

1.  The  Alliance  has  brought  about,  through  its  fraternal  in- 
fluence, the  unification  of  the  Foreign  Mission  work  of  its 
Churches  in  Japan,  Brazil  and  other  places,  and  has  also  estab- 
lished closer  relations  between  Foreign  Mission  workers  in  other 
lands. 

2.  It  has  secured  the  adoption  of  a  Plan  of  Cooperation  in 
Home  Mission  work  between  the  majority  of  the  Presbyterian 
and  Reform.ed  Churches  in  the  United  States  of  America. 

3.  It  has  brought  the  influence  of  the  Churches  of  the  Refor- 


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mation  to  bear  upon  civil  governmeuts  in  various  parts  of  tlie 
world,  in  the  interests  of  humanity  and  of  peace.  For  instance, 
it  exercised  an  important  influence  upon  the  policy  of  both  the 
British  and  the  American  governments  for  the  regulation  of  the 
liquor  traffic  in  the  islands  of  the  Western  Pacific,  and  has  also 
effectively  supported  the  acceptance  of  the  principle  of  arbitra- 
tion for  the  settlement  of  controversies  between  nations. 

4.  It  has  brought  into  practical,  sympathetic  and  mutually 
beneficial  relations,  Churches  scattered  throughout  the  world, 
maintaining  in  general  the  same  type  of  doctrine  and  the  same 
form  of  government. 

To  some  of  the  Churches  on  the  Continent  of  Europe  the 
Alliance  has  been  remarkably  helpful,  as,  for  instance,  by  the 
aid  extended  in  the  name  of  the  Alliance  to  the  Bohemian 
Church,  under  the  lead  of  the  late  Eev,  William  C.  Cattell, 
D.D,,  LL.D.,  of  Philadelphia.  The  Churches  of  the  Continent 
are  to-day  stronger  and  more  hopeful  than  they  were  at  the  date 
of  the  establishment  of  the  Alliance.  This  is  notably  the  case 
with  the  Reformed  Church  of  Hungary,  with  its  two  millions  of 
members  and  adherents.  Another  illustration  of  the  attractive 
influence  of  the  Alliance  is  found  in  the  recent  union  effected 
between  the  Presbyterian  Churches  and  Missions  in  South 
Africa,  and  the  movement  for  federation  among  the  Churches  of 
Australia. 

5.  It  has  enabled  the  Presbyterian  and  Reformed  Churches 
of  the  world,  as  true  children  of  the  Reformation,  to  make 
themselves  distinctly  felt  as  a  great  power  in  the  life  and  prog- 
ress of  the  Church  Universal.  Next  to  the  Lutheran  Church, 
the  Churches  of  the  Alliance  represent  the  largest  body  of 
Protestants  in  the  world.  They  represent,  further,  the  great 
principles  which  are  intimately  connected  with  the  progress  of 
civil  and  religious  liberty.  Further,  they  are  a  true  ecumeni- 
cal or  catholic  branch  of  the  Church  universal,  their  ministers 
and  members  being  found  in  all  important  countries.      They 


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constitute  the  Presbyterian  or  Eefbrmed  communion,  and  cover 
a  world-wide  territory.  There  is  but  one  other  communion 
which  is  as  extensive.  Side  by  side  on  everv  continent  stand 
the  Romanist  and  the  Presbyterian  ;  the  teacher  face  to  face 
with  the  priest ;  the  open  Bible  in  opposition  to  the  confes- 
sional ;  liberty  opposing  tyranny  ;  the  obedience  of  (>hrist 
confronting  the  obedience  of  Rome.  Through  the  Alliance 
and  its  Churches,  cooperating  with  other  followers  of  Christ, 
may  the  petitions  soon  be  answered,  "  Thy  kingdom  come. 
Thy  will  be  done  in  earth,  as  it  is  in  heaven." 


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CONSTITUTION  OF  THE  ALLIANCE. 

PREAMBLE. 

Whereas^  Chiirclies  holding  the  Eeformed  faith,  and  organized 
on  Presbyterian  principles,  are  found,  though  under  a  variety 
of  names,  in  different  parts  of  the  world  ; 

Whereas^  Many  of  these  were  long  wont  to  maintain  close 
relations,  but  are  at  present  united  by  no  visible  bond,  whether 
of  fellowship  or  of  work  :  and 

Whereas^  In  the  providence  of  God,  the  time  seems  to  have 
come  when  they  may  all  more  fully  manifest  their  essential 
oneness,  have  closer  communion  with  each  other,  and  promote 
great  causes  by  joint  action  ; 

It  is  agreed  to  form  a  Presbyterian  Alliance  to  meet  in  General 
Council  from  time  to  time,  in  order  to  confer  on  matters  of 
common  interest,  and  to  further  the  ends  for  which  the  Church 
has  been  constituted  by  her  divine  Lord  and  only  King. 

In  forming  this  Alliance,  the  Presbyterian  Churches  do  not 
mean  to  change  their  fraternal  relations  with  other  Churches, 
but  will  be  ready,  as  heretofore,  to  join  with  them  in  Christian 
fellowship,  and  in  advancing  the  cause  of  the  Redeemer,  on  the 
general  principle  maintained  and  taught  in  the  Reformed  Con- 
fessions that  the  Church  of  God  on  earth,  though  composed  of 
many  members,  is  One  Body  in  the  Communion  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  of  which  Body  Christ  is  the  Supreme  Head,  and  the 
Scriptures  alone  are  the  infallible  law. 

ARTICLES. 

I.  Designation. — This  Alliance  shall  be  known  as  "  The 
Alliance  of  the  Reformed  Churches  throughout  the  World 
holding  the  Presbyterian  System." 

II.  Membership. — Any  Church  organized  on  Presbyterian 
.principles  which  holds  the  supreme  authority  of  the  Scriptures 

of  the  Old  and  New  Testaments  in  matters  of  faith  and  morals, 
and  whose  creed  is  in  harmony  with  the  consensus  of  the  Re- 


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formed   Confessions,    shall  be   eligible    for   admission  into  the 
Alliance. 
III.    The  Council. 

1.  Its  Meetings. — The  Alliance  shall  meet  in  General  Council 
ordinarily  once  in  three  years. 

2.  Its  Constituency . — The  Council  shall  consist  of  delegates, 
being  ministers  and  elders,  appointed  by  the  Churches  forming 
the  Alliance  ;  the  number  from  each  Church  being  regulated 
by  a  plan  sanctioned  by  the  Council,  regard  being  had  generally 
to  the  number  of  congregations  in  the  several  Churches.  The 
delegates,  as  far  as  practicable,  to  consist  of  an  equal  number 
of  ministers  and  elders.  The  Council  may,  on  the  recommen- 
dation of  a  Committee  on  Business,  invite  Presbyterian  brethren, 
not  delegates,  to  offer  suggestions,  to  deliver  addresses,  and  to 
read  papers. 

3.  Its  Powers. — The  Council  shall  have  power  to  decide  upon 
the  application  of  Churches  desiring  to  join  the  Alliance  ;  it 
shall  have  power  to  entertain  and  consider  topics  which  may  be 
brought  before  it  by  any  Church  represented  in  the  Council,  or 
by  any  member  of  the  Council,  on  their  being  transmitted  in 
the  manner  hereinafter  provided  ;  but  it  shall  not  interfere  with 
the  existing  creed  or  Constitution  of  any  Church  in  the  Alli- 
ance, or  with  its  internal  order  or  external  relations. 

•i.  Its  Objects. — The  Council  shall  consider  questions  of  gen- 
eral interest  to  the  Presbyterian  community  ;  it  shall  seek  the 
welfare  of  Churches,  especially  such  as  are  weak  or  perse- 
cuted ;  it  shall  gather  and  disseminate  information  concerning 
the  kingdom  of  Christ  throughout  the  world  ;  it  shall  com- 
mend the  Presbyterian  system  as  Scriptural,  and  as  combining 
simplicity,  efficiency,  and  adaptation  to  all  times  and  condi- 
tions ;  it  shall  also  entertain  all  subjects  directly  connected  with 
the  work  of  evangelization,  such  as  the  relation  of  the  Chris- 
tian Church  to  the  evangelization  of  the  world,  the  distribution 
of  mission  work,  the  combination  of  Church  energies,  especially 


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in  reference  to  great  cities  and  destitute  districts,  the  training  ol 
ministers,  the  use  of  the  press,  colportage,  the  religious  instruc- 
tion of  the  young,  the  sanctification  of  the  Sabbath,  systematic 
beneficence,  the  suppression  of  intemperance  and  other  prevail- 
ing vices,  and  the  best  methods  of  opposing  infidelity  and 
Romanism. 

5.  Its  Methods. — The  Council  shall  seek  to  guide  and  stimu- 
late public  sentiment  by  papers  read,  by  addresses  delivered  and 
published,  by  the  circulation  of  information  respecting  the 
allied  Churches  and  their  missions,  by  the  exposition  of  Scrip- 
tural principles,  and  by  defenses  of  the  truth  ;  by  communica- 
ting the  Minutes  of  its  proceedings  to  the  Supreme  Courts  of 
the  Churches  forming  the  Alliance,  and  by  such  other  action  as 
is  in  accordance  with  its  Constitution  and  objects. 

6.  Committee  on  Business. — The  Council,  at  each  general 
meeting,  shall  appoint  a  Committee  on  Business,  through  which 
all  communications  and  notices  of  subjects  purposed  to  be  dis- 
cussed shall  pass.  The  Committee  appointed  at  one  general 
meeting  shall  act  provisionally,  so  far  as  is  necessary,  in  prepar- 
ing for  the  following  meeting. 

IV.  Change  of  Constitution. — No  change  shall  be  made  in 
this  Constitution,  except  on  a  motion  made  at  one  general  meet- 
ing of  Council,  not  objected  to  by  a  majority  of  the  Churches, 
and  carried  by  a  two-thirds  vote  at  the  next  general  meeting. 


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LIST  OF  REFORMED  AND  PRESBYTERIAN 
CHURCHES,  1897. 

EUROPE. 
CHUECHES. 

The  Reformed  Church  in  Austria,     .... 

The  Reformed  Courch  in  Bohemia, 

The  Reformed  Church  in  Galicia,     .... 

The  Reformed  Church  in  Moravia, 
The  Reformed  Cliurch  of  Hungary, 
The  Union  of  Evangelical  Churches  in  Belgium,  . 
The  Missionary  Chris'.ian  Church  of  Belgium, 
The  Reformed  Church  of  France, 
The  Union  of  the  Free   Evangelical  Churches  of 
France,        ........ 

*Tlie  Free  Evangelical  Church  of  Germany, 

The  Reformed  Churches  of  the  East  Rhine,  Germany, 

The  United  Hanoverian  Reformed  Church, 

The  Reformed  Church,  Alsace  Lorraine, 

The  Evangelical  Church  of  Greece, 

The  Waldensian  Evangelical  Church  of  Italy,     . 

The  Evangelical  Church  in  Italy,      .... 

The  Reformed  Church  of  the  Netherlands, 
The  Christian  Reformed  Church  of  the  Netherlands, 
The  Old  Reformed  Churches  of  Beatheim  and  East 
Friesland,  ....... 

The  Reformed  Church  in  Russia, 

The  Spanish  Christian  Church,  .... 

tThe  Free  Evangelical  Church  of  Neuchatel, 
The  Free  Evangelical  Church  of  Canton  de  Vaud, 
The  Free  Evangelical  Church  of  Geneva, 

UNITED  KINGDOM. 

The  Church  of  Scotland, 

The  Free  Church  of  Scotland,        .... 
The  United  Presbyterian  Church  of  Scotland, 
The  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  of  Scotland, 
The  Synod  of  the  United  Original  Secession  Church, 

*  There  are  many  Reformed  Congregations  in  connection  with  the  State  Church 
in  Germany.  The  Reformed  do  not  number  less  than  2,000,000  members  and 
adherents. 

t  The  Reformed  Churches  of  the  Protestant  Cantons  of  Switzerland,  which  are 
not  in  the  Alliance,  include  about  1,600,000  adherents. 


CONGRE- 

MINIS- 

GATIONS. 

TEES. 

5 

6 

56 

65 

4 

4 

29 

31 

1980 

1909 

16 

18 

32 

28 

544 

650 

55 

52 

15 

5 

9 

7 

103 

122 

6 

3 

5 

5 

61 

88 

18 

1347 

1604 

687 

483 

11 

7 

5 

6 

13 

13 

23 

40 

50 

150 

4 

5 

1564 

1608 

1050 

1165 

578 

610 

9 

8 

29 

21 

19 


CHURCHES. 

The  Presbyterian  Church  of  England, 

The  Church  of  Scotland  in  England, 

The  Presbyterian  Church  in  Ireland,    . 

The  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  in  Ireland, 

The  Eastern  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  of  Ire- 
land,    

The  Secession  Church  of  Ireland, 

The  Calvinistic  Methodist  Church  of  Wales,    . 

ASIA. 

The  Evangelical  Syriac  Church  of  Persia, 

The  Presbytery  of  Tie-Hui  [Swatow]  , 

The  Presbyteries  of  Ching-Chew  and   Chin-Chew 
[Amoy], 

The  Presbyterian  Church  of  Manchuria, 

The  Presbyterian  Church  of  Korea,    .... 

The  United  Churcb  of  Christ  in  Japan, 

The  Presbytery  of  Tainan,  South  Formosa, 

The  Presbytery  of  Ceylon, 

AFRICA. 

The  Dutch  Reformed  Church  in  South  Africa,  . 

The  Dutch  Reformed  Mission  Church  in  South  Africa, 

The  Dutch  Reformed  Church  in  Natal, 

The  Dutch  Reformed  Church  in  the  South  African 
Republic, . 

The  Dutch  Reformed  Church  of  the  Orange  Free  State, 

The  Christian  Reformed  Church  in  South  Africa, 

The  Colonial  Presbytery  of  Natal, 

The  Colonial  Presbytery  of  Cape  Town, 

The  Colonial  Presbytery  of  Adelaide,    . 

The  Colonial  Presbytery  of  the  South  African   Re- 
public,   

The  Free  Church  Mission  Presbytery  of  the  Transkei, 

The  Free  Church  Mission  and  Colonial  Presbytery 
of  Kaffraria,         ....... 

The  Free  Church  Missions  in  Natal,     . 

The  United  Presbyterian  Mission  Presbytery  of  the 

Transkei, 

NORTH  AMERICA. 

The  Presbyterian  Church  in  Canada, 

The  Presbyterian  Church  of  Canada,  in  connection 
with  the  Church  of  Scotland,      .... 


CONGEK- 

MINIS- 

GATIONS. 

TERS. 

297 

339 

14 

14 

566 

656 

33 

29 

10 

7 

1308 

720 

80 

49 

5 

5 

20 

20 

19 

10 

10 

10 

73 

58 

18 

11 

5 

112 

109 

26 

5 

3 

31 

14 

36 

25 

34 

16 

10 

10 

4 

4 

5 

5 

6 

6 

5 

7 

12 

13 

3 

3 

919 
5 


10 


1077 


7631 

7129 

2816 

1393 

2915 

1571 

300 

215 

186 

108 

950 

895 

20 

CONGRE-        MINIS- 
CHURCHES.  GATIONS.        TERS. 

The  Maritime   Provinces    in    connection    with    the 

Church  of  Scotland, 14  12 

The  Presbyterian  Church  in   the  United   States   of 

America, 7631 

The  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  United  States,     . 
The  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church, 
The  Cumberland    Presbyterian    Church    [Colored], 
The  Welsh   Calvinistic    Methodist  or    Presbyterian 

Church  in  the  United  States,  .... 
The  United  Presbyterian  Church  of  North  America, 
The  Associate  Reformed  Presbyterian  Synod  of  the 

South, 127  99 

The  General  Synod  of  ihe  Reformed    Presbyterian 

Church  in  America, 48  35 

The  Synod  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  Church  in 

America,     ........ 

The  Reformed  Church  in  America,  (Dutch) 
The  Christian  Reformed  Church  in  America, 
The  Reformed  Chiirch  in  the  United  States  (German), 

SOUTH  AMERICA. 
The  Presbyterian  Church  of  Brazil, 
The  Presbytery  of  British  Guiana, 
The  Dutch  Reformed  Church  in  Surinam, 

WEST  INDIA  ISLANDS. 

The  Presbytery  of  Trinidad, 

The  Presbyterian  Church  of  Jamaica,   . 
Miscellaneous, 

AUSTRALASIA. 
The  Presbyterian  Church  of  Eastern  Aiistralia,  N. 

S.  W., 

The  Presbyterian  Church  of  New  South  Wales,     . 
The  Presbyterian  Church  of  South  Australia,    . 
The  Presbyterian  Church  of  Victoria,     . 
The  Presbyterian  Church  of  Queensland, 
The  Presbyterian  Church  of  Tasmania, 
The  Free  Church  of  Tasmania,  .... 

The  Presbyterian  Church  of  New  Zealand   [North], 
The  Presbyterian  Church  of   Otago   and   Southland 

[South],  

The  Mission  Synod  of  the  New  Hebrides, 


119 

109 

634 

654 

122 

79 

1639 

961 

40 

31 

10 

6 

2 

10 

55 

29 

4 

11 

6 

150 

159 

20 

17 

217 

226 

46 

42 

13 

70 

4 

3 

98 

84 

72 

84 

19 

20 

21 

MEMBERS  AND  ADHERENTS  OF  THE  PRES- 
BYTERIAN AND  REFORMED  CHURCHES. 

1897.* 

United  States  of  America, 6,900,000 

Canada, 740,000 

West  Indies  and  Mexico, 50,000 

Great  Britain  : 

England, 250,000 

Wales, 450,000 

Ireland 400,000 

Scotland, 3,300,000 

Europe  : 

Bohemia, 70,000 

France, 800,000 

Germany, 1,500,000 

Holland, 2,500,000 

Hungary, 2,000,000 

Switzerland, 1,700,000 

Other  Countries, 250,000 

Africa, 500,000 

Asia 400,000 

Australasia, 200,000 

South  and  Central  America, 50,000 

*  In  North  America,  the  figures  herein  given  are  based  upon  the  proportion  of 
3.5  members  and  adherents  for  each  communicant. 


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PLAN  AND  RULES  OF  ADMINISTRATION, 

I.   THE  EXECUTIVE  COMMISSION. 

1.  There  shall  be  appointed  bj  the  Council  at  each  meeting 
an  Executive  Commission,  whose  function  shall  be,  during  the 
intervals  between  the  meetings  of  Council,  to  promote  the 
objects  of  the  Alliance. 

2,  This  Commission  shall  consist  of  not  fewer  than  fift}^  mem- 
bers, and  be  divided  into  two  or  more  Sections  ;  at  present,  into 
an  Eastern  Section  and  a  Western  Section,  each  having  power 
to  fill  vacancies  in  its  own  number. 

3.  Seven  shall  constitute  a  quorum  of  each  Section,  and  at 
least  that  number  of  members  shall  reside  \vithin  reach  of  a 
convenient  place  of  meeting. 

4,  It  shall  be  for  the  consideration  of  the  Executive  Commis- 
sion whether  separate  auxiliary  Alliances  shall  also  be  formed 
for  the  Continent  of  Europe  and  the  Colonies  of  Great  Britain, 
or  whether  these  shall  be  included  in  Subsections  under  the  other 
Sections.  The  Commission  shall  report  to  next  meeting  of 
Council,  giving  an  account  of  the  operations  of  all  its  Sections 
[1884,  p.  527]. 

Note. — The  Toronto  Council  resolved,  "That  a  Sub-section  be  constituted,  to 
be  known  as  the  Australian  Sub-section,  and  that  the  details  of  its  organization 
be  referred  to  the  Eastern  Section."— 1892,  pp.  39,  371.  This  subject  is  still  left  in 
the  hands  of  the  Eastern  Section.  See  Appendix,  Report  of  Eastern  Section,  p. 
16 ;    1896,  p.  34. 

II.   OBJECTS  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  COMMISSION. 

The  objects  of  this  Executive  Commission  shall,  with  due 
regard  to  the  constituent  Churches,  be  such  as  the  following  : 

1.  To  carry  out  the  decisions  of  the  Council. 

2.  To  superintend  the  printing  and  publication  of  its  pro- 
ceedings. 

3.  To  communicate  with  the  Churches  of  the  Alliance.^'  All 
communications  of  Committees  to  Churches  to  be  transmitted 
through  the  Commission. 


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4:.  To  collect  and  publish  information  respecting  the  Reformed 
Churches  and  their  work. 

5.  To  send  deputations  to  Continental  or  Colonial  Churches, 
or  to  Foreign  Mission  Stations,  when  occasion  requires,  and  the 
funds  admit. 

6.  To  extend  sympathy  and  assistance  to  all  Missions,  mis- 
sionaries, and  Churches,  but  especially  when  these  are  under 
persecution. 

7.  To  take  action  on  great  questions  of  morality,  and  to  refer 
such  questions  for  the  consideration  of  the  Council  [1892,  pp. 
205,  255]. 

8.  To  hold  public  meetings  in  order  to  communicate  informa- 
tion respecting  the  Alliance,  and  to  make  known  and  promote 
its  objects  as  may  be  deemed  expedient. 

9.  To  aid  Standing  Committees  by  supplementing  their  num- 
ber when  the  services  of  convener  or  members  may  have  been 
lost  through  death,  sickness  or  removal ;  and  to  render  to 
Committees  such  other  aid  as  niay  be  in  their  power. 

10.  To  prepare  the  programme  for  the  next  meeting  of 
Council. 

11.  To  receive  the  credentials  or  commissions  of  delegates  to 
the  Council. 

12.  To  arrange  for  the  printing,  in  good  time,  of  papers — 
especially  reports  necessary  for  the  use  of  the  Council. 

13.  To  publish,  if  judged  desirable,  a  journal,  as  the  ofl&cial 
record  or  organ  of  the  Alliance  ;  the  Commission  having  a 
right  to  employ  a  portion  of  its  income  in  conducting  and 
maintaining  such  a  periodical. 

14.  To  raise  the  funds  needful  for  the  work  of  the  Alliance 
[1884,  p.  528.]. 

III.  BOUNDS  OF  THE  SECTIONS. 

The  Council  ag:''eed,  that  the  American  (Western)  Section 
should  be  held  to  consist  of  the  Churches  in  the  United  States 
of  America  and  Canada,  while  the  European  (Eastern)  Section 
should  include  the  Churches  of  all  other  lands  [18S4,  p.  529]. 


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IV.   THE  PRESIDENT. 

That  a  President  be  appointed  for  the  Alliance,  who  shall 
hold  office  from  one  Council  to  the  next ;  and  that  a  member  of 
the  Eastern  or  Western  Section  shall  hold  this  office  alternately 
[1896,  p.  355  ;   see  also,  1888,  p.  387]. 

V.    GE3NERAL  SECRETARY.* 

1.  That  it  is  desirable  that  a  General  Secretary  for  the  Alli- 
ance be  appointed  at  this  Council,  whose  salary  shall  be  a  charge 
upon  the  above-mentioned  income  [1888,  p.  267]. 

2.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  General  Secretary  to  give 
his  whole  time  to  the  interests  of  the  Alliance,  and  especially 
to  assist  the  Executive  Commission  as  they  may  direct,  in  carry- 
ing on  all  their  work,  as  that  was  defined  by  the  Belfast  Council. 
or  may  hereafter  be  determined  [1888,  p.  267]. 

3.  The  Secretary  shall  divide  his  time  between  the  two  Sec- 
tions of  the  Commission,  and  shall  act  as  Stated  Clerk  to  ihe 
meetings  of  Council  [1881,  p.  528]. 

4.  That  the  General  Secretary  shall  hold  his  appointment  at 
the  pleasure  of  the  Council  [1888,  p.  267]. 

5.  That  for  the  sake  of  the  work  to  be  performed,  the  General 
Secretary  be  required  to  reside  in  the  United  Kingdom,  and  that 
it  be  left  to  the  European  Section  of  the  Executive  Commission 
to  determine  the  place  of  his  residence  [1888,  p.  267]. 

6.  That  the  salary  attached  to  the  office  of  General  Secretary 
shall  be  fixed  for  the  present  at  £500  per  annum  [1888,  p.  304J. 

7.  That  when  directions  are  given  to  the  General  Secretary 
as  to  the  disposal  of  his  time  in  the  work  of  the  Alliance,  the 
two  Sections  shall  concur  in  such  directions  [1888,  p.  304]. 

8.  That  the  General  Secretary  correspond  with  all  the 
Churches,  and  use  all  means  in  his  power  for  securing  full  and 
accurate  returns  of  a  statistical  character. 

*It  was  unanimously  agreed  that  Dr.  George  D.  Mathews,  of  Quebec,  be 
appointed  General  Secretary  of  the  Alliance  [1888,  p.  267]. 


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9.  The  General  Secretary  sliall  be  a  member  ex  officio  of  all 
Committees  of  Council  [1888,  p.  267]. 

VI.     AMERICAN   SECRETARY.* 

1.  That  there  shall  also  be  an  American  Secretary,  to  reside 
in  North  America,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Council  [1888, 
p.  267]. 

2.  The  duties  of  this  Secretary  shall  be  to  aid  the  General 
Secretary  in  obtaining  information  ;  to  be  in  official  matters  the 
medium  of  communication  between  the  Western  and  the  Eastern 
Sections,  and  to  perform  such  other  work  as  the  Western  Sec- 
tion of  the  Executive  Commission  shall  prescribe  [1892,  p.  280]. 

8.  All  official  communications  from  the  General  Secretary  to 
the  American  Churches  shall  be  signed  by  the  President  and 
General  Secretary  of  the  Alliance,  and  coimtersigned  by 
the  Chairman  and  Secretary  of  the  Western  Section  [1892, 
p.  280]. 

4.  That  the  American  or  Western  Secretary  shall  be  a  mem- 
ber ex  officio  of  the  Committees  of  the  Western  Section  [1888, 
p.  267].' 

VII.  TREASURERS. 

The  Treasurers  of  the  Alliance  were  at  first  Treasurers  of  the 
Eastern  and  Western  Sections  respectively  [see  1888,  pp.  357, 
387,  389].  The  Treasurer  of  the  Eastern  Section  is  now  the 
General  Treasurer  of  the  Alliance,  and  the  Treasurer  of  the 
Western  Section  is  the  American  Treasurer  [see  1892,  p.  369, 
and  1896,  p.  355]. 

VIII.   FILLING  VACANCIES. 
1.  That  in  the  case  of  a  vacancy  in  any  office  to  which  an 

*The  London  Council  passed  the  following  resolution  : 

The  American  Secretary  shall  be  nominated  to  the  Council  by  the  American 
delegates  [1888,  p.  267] .    On  report  of  the  delegates, 

The  Council  unanimously  appointed  the  Rev.  Dr.  William  H.  Roberts,  of  Cin- 
cinnati, 0.,  as  American  Secretary  of  the  Council  [1888,  p.  306]. 


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appointment'  has  been  made  bj  the  Council,  the  Executive 
Commission  is  hereby  authorized  to  fill  the  same  until  the  next 
meeting  of  the  Council  [1888,  p.  304]. 

2.  That  each  Section  shall  have  power,  for  absence  or  other 
satisfactory  reason,  to  declare  vacant  the  place  of  any  member 
of  that  Section,  and  to  fill  such  other  vacancies ;  also  to  add  to 
their  number  when  deemed  advisable  [1896,  p.  358]. 

IX.  THE  BUSINESS  COMMITTEE. 

That  in  order  to  facilitate  the  transaction  of  its  business,  each 
Council  shall  appoint  a  Committee,  to  be  known  as  the  Business 
Committee,  and  that  this  Committee  shall  consist  of  thirty 
members,  fifteen  being  selected  from  the  Eastern  and  fifteen 
from  the  Western  Section,  with  power  to  add  to  their  numbers. 
The  work  of  this  Committee  shall  be  : 

1.  To  arrange  from  time  to  time,  the  order  of  considering 
.such  business  as  shall  come  before  the  Council. 

2.  To  consider  every  resolution  referred  to  it  by  the  Council, 
with  power  to  transmit  or  reject  the  same,  or  to  suggest  or  sub- 
-stitute. 

3.  To  nominate  all  Special  Committees  [1892,  p.  343]. 

[See  Constitution,  Article  iii,  Section  6,  p.  17.] 

X.    THE  COMMITTEE  ON  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 

1.  The  Council  having  regard  to  Foreign  Mission  work  as  an 
essential  and  urgent  duty,  needing  to  be  much  more  earnestly 
prosecuted  by  all  Christian  Churches,  and  in  which  it  is  of  in- 
creasing importance  that  there  should  be  the  utmost  attainable 
cooperation  amongst  the  Churches  of  this  Alliance,  appoint  a 
Committee  to  collect  and  digest  full  information  as  to  the  fields 
at  present  occupied  by  them,  their  plans  and  modes  of  opera- 
tions, with  instructions  to  report  the  same  to  the  next  General 
Council,  together  with  any  suggestions  they  may  judge  it  wise 
to  submit  respecting  the  possibility  of  consolidating  existing 
agencies,  or  preparing  the  way  for  cooperation  in  the  future 
[1877,  p.  275]. 


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2.  It  is  remitted  to  the  Committees  of  the  Eastern  and  West- 
em  Sections  to  prepare  before  each  meeting  of  the  Council  a 
conspectus  of  the  Foreign  Mission  work  done  by  the  various 
Presbyterian  Churches  throughout  the  world,  and  by  the  socie- 
ties in  connection  with  Presbyterian  Churches  [1896,  p.  226]. 

XI.  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  WORK  ON  THE  CONTINENT  OP 

EUROPE. 

The  Council  rejoices  that  its  membership  includes  so  many 
representatives  of  Presbyterian  Churches  of  the  Continent  of 
Europe,  and  considering  that  the  difficulties  which  several,  if 
not  all,  of  these  Churches  encounter  from  the  aggressions  of 
ultramontanism  and  infidelity,  as  well  as  from  other  causes, 
■entitle  them  to  the  special  interest  and  sympathy  of  the  Coun- 
cil, and  considering  also  that  it  will  be  impossible  for  the  Coun- 
cil at  its  ordinary  meetings  to  receive  from  the  delegates  and 
associates  that  detailed  information  regarding  their  respective 
Churches  which  the  delegates  may  wish  to  give,  the  Council 
instructs  the  Business  Committee  to  nominate  a  Special  Com- 
mittee of  the  Council  for  the  purpose  of  conferring  on  behalf  of 
the  Council  with  the  Continental  delegates  and  associates, 
receiving  such  information  as  they  may  have  to  offer,  and  for 
the  further  purpose  of  considering  the  interests  of  Continental 
Churches,  and  also  the  provision  made  over  the  Continent  for 
the  English-speaking  residents,  American  and  British  [1877,  p. 
276J. 

XII.  COMMITTEE  ON    THE    DESIDERATA    OF    PRESBYTE- 

RIAN  HISTORY. 

The  Council,  appreciating  the  importance  of  obtaining  full 
information  respecting  the  existing  desiderata  of  the  history  of 
the  Presbj^terian  Churches,  and  of  the  materials  available  for 
supplying  them,  agree  to  appoint  a  small  Committee,  with  Dr. 
Lorimer,  of  London,  as  Convener,  to  correspond  on  this  subject 
with  all  the  branches  of  the  Presbyterian  Churches  represented 
in  the  Alliance,   and   to  prepare   a  report  of   the  information 


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which  is  obtained  to  the  next  meeting  of  the  Council  in  1880, 
The  Council  expresses  its  earnest  hope  that  the  office-bearers- 
and  members  of  all  the  Churches  here  represented  will  give 
liberal  support  and  encouragement  to  such  publications  as  may- 
be suggested  by  the  Committee  now  appointed,  whether  in  the 
shape,  of  new  historical  works  or  of  unpublished  ecclesias- 
tical records  and  documents,  or  reprints  of  writings  associ- 
ated with  the  names  of  celebrated  Presbyterian  worthies  [1877, 
p.  276]. 

XIII.    COMMITTEE  ON  SABBATH-SOHOOLS. 

That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  collect,  classify  and  report- 
to  the  next  Council,  the  methods  of  Sabbath-school  work  in 
the  various  Churches  of  this  Alliance,  and  to  make  suggestions- 
so  as  to  increase  the  efficiency  of  the  Sabbath-schools  [188-1,  p. 
446]. 

XIV.     COMMITTEE  ON  CREDENTIALS. 

That  the  Committee  on  Credentials  for  next  Council  consist 
of  the  Stated  and  Eecording  Clerks  of  the  Council,  together  with 
the  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Commission,  within  whose  terri- 
tory a  given  Council  may  meet  [1892,  p.  416 ;    1896,  p.  12]. 

XV.     COMMITTEE  OF  ARRANGEMENTS. 

It  is  the  custom  to  appoint  a  local  Committee  of  Arrange- 
ments, for  matters  connected  with  the  comfort  and  convenience 
of  the  delegates.  ' '  That  the  members  of  this  Council,  residing 
in  Glasgow,  be  a  local  Committee  of  Arrangements,  for  the 
Council  to  be  held  in  that,  city,  with  power  to  add  to  their  num- 
ber" [1892,  p.  427;  1896,  p.  156].  ^ 

XVI.    COMMITTEE  ON  THE  RECEPTION  OP  CHURCHES. 

It  is  the  usage  to  appoint  at  the  Councils,  when  necessary,, 
a  Committee  to  report  upon  applications  by  Churches  for  mera- 
ship  in  the  Alliance  [1892,  p.  34;  1896,  p.  82]. 


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XVII.   APPOINTMENT  OF  COUNCIL  COMMITTEES. 

In  the  appointment  of  Standing  Committees  care  shall  be 
taken  that  a  quorum  of  members  reside  within  reach  of  the 
Convener,  who  shall  obtain,  bj  correspondence,  the  opinions 
of  members  residing  at  a  distance  [1888,  p.  267]. 

XVIII.    BASIS  OF  REPRESENTATION. 

That  the  representation  in  the  Council  shall  be  :  For  each 
hundred  congregations  or  less,  two  delegates  up  to  1000  congre- 
gations ;  above  1000  congregations,  one  delegate  for  each  addi- 
tional 100  up  to  2000  congregations  ;  above  2000  congregations, 
one  delegate  for  each  additional  250  congregations. 

In  the  case  of  union  of  Churches  represented  in  the  Alliance, 
it  is  recommended  that  the  number  of  delegates  remain  as  pre- 
vious to  union,  till  the  following  meeting  of  the  Council,  when, 
on  the  union  being  reported  to  the  Council,  the  future  number 
of  delegates  shall  be  determined  [1888,  p.  308]. 

XIX.   CORRESPONDING  MEMBERS. 

1.  That  in  order  to  advance  the  interests  in  cooperation  in  Mis- 
sion fields,  each  of  the  Churches  represented  in  this  Alliance  be 
invited  to  send  to  the  meetings  of  Council  a  representative  of 
its  Foreign  Mission  Board  or  Committee,  and  such  representa- 
tive shall  be  entitled  to  act  as  a  corresponding  member  [1892, 
p.  280]. 

2.  "  That  in  accordance  with  the  practice  of  previous  Councils, 
missionaries  from  foreign  fields  of  labor,  ministers  from 
Churches  on  the  Continent  of  Europe,  brethren  invited  bj  the 
Programme  Committee  to  read  papers  or  to  deliver  addresses, 
Conveners  of  Committees  reporting  to  this  ^Council,  and  repre- 
sentatives of  Foreign  Mission  Boards  who  maj  be  present,  be 
and  hereby  are  cordiallv  invited  to  seats  as  corresponding- 
members  "     [1896,  p.  22]. 


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XX.    PAPERS  OF  ABSENTEES. 

That  the  General  Secretary  having  reported  the  absence  of 
several  delegates  who  had  agreed  to  write  papers  for  the  Coun- 
cil, but  who  had  forwarded  their  papers,  and  as  it  has  been  the 
constant  practice  of  the  Council  hitherto,  that  such  papers 
should  not  be  accepted,  the  Committee  recommend,  that,  while 
approving  of  this  practice  when  such  delegates  are  unexpect- 
edly hindered  from  being  present  through  sickness,  a  portion  of 
such  paper,  not  exceeding  iive  hundred  words,  may  either  be 
read  before  the  Council  or  included  in  the  Appendix  to  the 
Proceedings  [1896,  p.  295]. 

XXI.   CLERKS  OF  COUNCIL. 

The  General  Secretary  being,  by  the  rules  of  the  Alliance, 
the  Stated  Clerk,  it  is  recommended  that  the  Secretary  of  the 
"Western  [American]  Section  sh-all  be  Eecording  Clerk  to 
the  meetings  of  Council.  And  further,  that  each  Council  shall 
appoint  two  temporary  Clerks  to  aid  in  the  transaction  of  busi- 
ness. 

XXII.    FINANCE. 

1.  That  in  the  apportionment  among  the  various  Churches  to 
be  made  by  each  Section  of  the  Executive  Commission,  it  is 
recommended  that  regard  be  had  to  the  number  either  of  con- 
gregations or  of  communicants  in  each  Church,  under  such  modi- 
fications as  each  Section  may  deem  equitable  in  its  own  case 
[1888,  p.  267]. 

2.  That  in  the  judgment  of  this  Executive  Commission,  it  is 
most  desirable,  with  a  view  to  secure  a  stable  and  permanent 
income,  that  the  whole  or  a  large  part  of  the  contribution 
expected  from  each  Church  should  be  paid  out  of  Church 
revenue,  by  order  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  each  Church,  and 
that  where  this  has  not  already  been  done,  this  Minute  be 
brought  to  the  notice  of  every  such  Supreme  Court  at  its  next 
ordinary  meeting  [London,  1888,  Minutes  of  Commissionl. 


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3.  That  the  estimated  working  expenses  of  the  Alliance  be 
regarded  as  including  the  follo\\Tng  items  :  (1)  The  Secretary's- 
salary ;  (2)  Office  expenses;  (3)  Quarterly  register ;  (4)  Secre- 
tary's traveling  expenses  [1896,  p.  294]. 

•i.  That,  under  the  above  estimated  items,  £500,  £50,  £80' 
and  £100  respectively,  or  £730  in  all,  be  regarded  as  the 
amount  necessary  at  present  for  annual  working  expenses  ;  and 
that  each  Section  shall  remit  one-half  of  that  sum — namely, 
£365 — to  the  General  Treasurer  each  year,  it  being  understood 
that  it  shall  not  be  necessary  to  apply  the  £730  exactly  in  the 
proportion  above  set  forth,  if  modifications  in  the  respective 
items  be  found  desirable. 

5.  That  if  in  any  year  a  larger  sum  than  £730  shall  be 
required,  an  estimate  shall  be  submitted  to  the  "Western  Section 
in  time  for  its  meeting  in  April. 

6.  That  an  annual  account  of  expenses  to  31st  December  of 
the  previous  year  be  made  to  the  Western  Section  prior  to  said 
April  meeting. 

7.  That  the  accounts  to  be  submitted  to  the  Council  shall  be 
made  up  to  31st  March  of  the  year  in  which  the  Council  meets,. 
and  shall  exhibit  the  balances  to  be  debited  or  credited,  as  the 
case  may  be,  to  the  Sections  respectively. 

XXIII.    REPORTS  TO  THE  COUNCIL. 

That  the  reports  of  the  Sections  of  the  Executive  Commis- 
sion and  the  Committees  of  the  Council  be  printed  together 
prior  to  the  meetings,  and  a  resume  of  such  reports  be  presented 
to  the  Council  by  the  Conveners  or  Chairmen,  with  accompany- 
ing remarks,  at  the  time  assigned  for  that  consideration  [1892,. 
p.  255]. 

XXIV.   QUARTERLY  REGISTER. 

In  regard  to  the  Quarterly  Register,  the  Committee  recom- 
mend that  the  Register  should  be  enlarged,  so  far  as  the  funds  at 
the  disposal  of  the  Sections  will  permit ;  and  that  the  Eastern  and 


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Western  Sections  should  endeav'or  to  secure,  in  each  of  the 
various  Churches  within  the  Alliance,  some  person  who  would 
engage  to  furnish  the  editor,  for  use  at  his  discretion,  with  suit- 
able information  regarding  said  Church,  and  also  to  further  the 
more  general  and  effective  circulation  of  the  Register  [1896,  p. 
295]. 

[8ee  Paragraph  13,  p.  23.] 


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RULES  OF  THE  WESTERN  SECTION, 

In  addition  to  the  Eules  adopted  by  the  Council,  the  "Western 
Section  has  adopted  the  following  : 

I.    TRAVELING  EXPENSES. 

1.  That  the  traveling  expenses  of  delegates  to  meetings  of 
the  Commission  who  come  over  two  hundred  miles  be  paid 
[April,  1889,  p.  2]. 

2.  In  the  matter  of  traveling  expenses,  it  was  agreed  that  no 
member  of  the  Executive  Commission  shall  receive  a  larger 
sum  than  $50,  as  allowance  for  traveling  expenses  in  connection 
with  attendance  at  any  one  meeting  of  the  Commission  [June, 
1896,  p.  9]. 

3.  That  the  traveling  expenses  of  the  Western  [American] 
Secretary  be  paid  [October,  1888,  p.  3]. 

II.  APPORTIONMENTS  FOR  EXPENSES. 

1.  That  the  contributions  from  the  several  Churches  should 
be  in  proportion  to  the  number  of  delegates  sent  by  them  to 
the  Councils  of  the  Alliance. 

2.  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Western  Section,  immediately 
after  the  April  meeting  of  the  Commission,  notify  each  Church 
of  the  amount  allocated — the  basis  upon  which  it  has  been 
made,  and  the  purposes  for  which  it  is  wanted ;  and  that  the 
moneys  from  the  several  Churches  be  forwarded  annually  to  the 
Treasurer,  George  Junkin,  Esq.,  Philadelphia,  by  the  first  day 
of  July  [April,  1889,  p.  2]. 

III.     DATES  OF  MEETINGS. 

That  the  dates  for  the  meetings  of  the  Commission  shall  be 
the  Thursday  after  the  second  Sabbath  in  April,  and  the  last 
Thursday  in  October  in  each  ^^ear  [April,  1897,  p.  -l]. 


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IV.    ANNUAL  REPORTS. 


The  Chairman  and  Secretary  shall  send  to  the  Supreme  Judi- 
catories of  the  Churches  represented  in  the  Alliance,  an  annual 
report  in  time  for  presentation  at  the  meetings  of  the  Supreme 
Judicatories  [April,  1887]. 


V.  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  COOPERATION  IN   HOME 
MISSIONS. 

This  Committee  was  appointed  by  the  Western  Section,  in 
April,  1894,  through  the  reference  to  it  by  the  Toronto  Council 
of  an  overture  from  the  Reformed  Church  in  the  United  States, 
on  the  subject  of  cooperation  in  Home  Missions.  It  was 
authorized  "  to  confer  with  the  officers  of  the  various  Home 
Mission  Boards  belonging  to  the  Churches  in  connection  with 
the  Alliance,  the  Committee  to  report  from  time  to  time  to  the 
Commission."  This  Committee  reported  to  the  Council  in  1896 
[see  Proceedings  p.  420].  The  Council  took  the  following  action  : 
*'  The  following  members  of  the  Western  Section  were,  on  the 
nomination  of  that  Section,  appointed  as  a  Committee  of  its 
number  on  co-operation  in  Home  Mission  work  "  [1896,  p.  358J. 


VI.    PLAN  OP  COOPERATION. 

The  Boards  and  Committees  of  Home  Missions,  Church  Erec- 
tion, Freedmen's  Missions  and  Sabbath-school  work  of  the  Ameri- 
can Churches  in  "  The  Alliance  of  the  Eeformed  Churches 
holding  the  Presbyterian  Sj^stem, ' '  both  in  the  United  States 
and  Canada,  recognizing  with  gratitude  to  God  their  substantial 
unity  both  in  faith  and  polity,  do  agree  upon  the  following 
principles  of  action  for  their  guidance  in  their  work,  viz.: 


do 

"1.  That  in  tlie  work  of  all  these  Boards  as  related  to  each  other 
the  authority  of  the  Church  Courts  is  to  be  recognized  as  final. 

"2,  That  there  shall  be  no  interference  with  Churches,  Mis- 
sions or  Sabbath-schools  at  present  existing,  unless  by  voluntary 
agreement  between  the  denominations  directly  concerned. 

"  3.  That  ordinarily,  no  Churches,  Missions  or  Sabbath- 
schools  shall  be  established  in  small  communities  where  the  field 
is  fully  occupied  by  other  Presbyterian  or  Reformed  Churches. 

"  4.  That  the  Supreme  Judicatories  of  the  several  Churches 
recommend  their  Church  members  when  moving  into  new  com- 
munities, in  which  there  is  no  congregation  of  their  own 
Church,  to  unite,  for  the  time  being,  with  some  other  Presbyte- 
rian or  Reformed  Church,  if  such  there  be. 

"  5.  That  if  cases  of  difference  of  opinion  arise  in  connection 
■with  the  work,  they  shall  be  referred  for  consideration  and 
amicable  adjustment  to  the  missionary  authorities  of  the 
denominations  directly  concerned  "  [April,  1896]. 

Interpretations  of  the  Plan. 

1.  That  the  recommendations  set  forth  in  Principle  No.  4  of 
the  Plan  of  Cooperation  of  Home  Missions,  approved  by  the 
"Western  Section  of  this  Alliance,  and  submitted  to  the  several 
churches  therein,  is  not  to  be  understood  as  an  obstacle  in  the 
way  of  the  organization,  Avhenever  it  shall  be  deemed  wise,  of  a 
particular  church  of  any  one  of  our  denominations,  in  a  com- 
munity where  church  members  locate. 

2.  That  Principle  No.  5  of  the  Plan  of  Cooperation  is  to  be 
interpreted  in  the  light  of  Principle  No.  1.  This  Section  of 
the  Alliance  reiterates  the  declaration  that  the  authority  of  the 
Church  courts  is  to  be  recognized  as  final  [April,  1893.] 


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RULES  OF  ORDER. 

ALOPTED  AT  THE  LONDON  COUNCIL  OF    1888,    AND   CONFIEMED  AT 
TORONTO,   1892. 

1.  Eacli  Session  of  the  Council  shall  be  opened  and  closed 
with  devotional  exercises. 

The  order  of  business  at  every  Session,  unless  suspended  by 
a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  present,  shall  be  as  follows: 

(a)  Heading  and  approving  the  Minutes. 

{b)  Report  of  Business  Committee. 

[c)  The  presentation  of  letters,  papers,  notices  of  motion,  or 
matters  requiring  reference. 

(o?)  The  presentation  and  consideration  of  Eeports  from 
Standing  and  Special  Committees,  subject  to  such  limitation  as 
to  time  as  the  Council  may  appoint. 

(<?)  Orders  of  the  day. 

MOTIONS. 

2.  No  action  or  speaking  without  a  motion.  In  all  matters 
in  which  a  decision  of  the  House  is  desired,  the  Council  cannot 
act  but  in  virtue  of  a  motion  regularly  in  its  possession ;  and 
no  speaking  shall  be  allowed  without  a  motion,  unless  it  is  for 
explanation  or  to  a  point  of  order. 

3.  Motion  must  be  seconded.  Ko  motion  shall  be  regarded 
as  in  the  pos  session  of  the  Council  until  it  is  seconded. 

4.  Motions  reduced  to  u-ritiny.  Every  motion  and  amend- 
ment shall  be  handed  to  the  Clerks  in  writing. 

5.  Withdrawal  of  Motions.  No  motion  which  has  been 
made  and  seconded  shall  be  withdrawn  without  the  leave  of  the 
Council. 

6.  Privile  ged  Motions.  When  a  question  is  under  considera- 
tion, no  motion  shall  be  received  except — 

"  To  adjourn  the  House;" 

"  To  postpone  indefinitely  ;"  ,» 

"  To  postpone  to  a  time  specified ;" 


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"  To  refer  to  a  Committee  ;"  or, 

"  To  amend;" 
and  these  motions  shall  have  precedence  in  the  order  in  which 
they  are  thus  arranged. 

The  following  explanations  may  be  added  : 

(a)  Motion  to  adjourn.  A  motion  to  adjourn  is  always  in 
order,  except  when  the  Council  is  taking  a  vote,  or  when  a 
member  is  speaking. 

{h)  Indefinite  postponement.  "When  any  question  is  postponed 
indefinitely,  the  same  shall  not  be  acted  upon  again  during  the 
entire  meeting  of  the  Council,  except  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of 
the  members  present. 

7.  Questions  not  debatable.  All  motions  "  to  adjourn,"  "to 
postpone  indefinitely,"  "to  take  up  business,"  in  relation  to 
the  priority  of  business,  and  "  to  close  discussion  and  vote," 
shall  be  put  without  debate  or  amendment. 

8.  Order  of  the  day.  When  a  question  is  postponed  to  a 
' '  time  specified, ' '  it  becomes  the  ' '  order  of  the  day  "  for  that 
time,  and  takes  the  precedence  of  all  other  business. 

9.  Dealing  with  motions.  The  mode  of  taking  the  vote 
shall  be  : 

When  there  are  only  two  motions  before  the  Council,  the 
question  put  to  the  vote  shall  be — Motion  or  amendment,  or  first 
or  second  motion  ?  When  there  are  more  than  two  motions,  a 
vote  shall  be  taken  successively  upon  each,  beginning  with  the 
last  made  ;  and  unless  it  shall  appear  that  one  of  the  motions 
has  a  clear  majority  of  all  the  votes,  that  which  had  the  least 
number  shall  be  dropped,  and  a  fresh  vote  taken  on  those  that 
remain,  till  only  one  shall  be  left,  when  the  remaining  motion 
shall  be  finally  put  to  the  Council  as  a  substantive  motion. 

10.  Reconsideration.  A  motion  for  reconsideration  can  be 
made  only  by  a  member  who  voted  with  the  majority,  and, 
unless  by  consent  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  present,  can 


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be  entertained  only  when  offered  at  the  same,  or  the  next  subse- 
quent, sitting  of  the  Council. 

11.  Right  of  reply.  Before  the  vote  is  taken,  the  mover  of 
the  original  motion  shall  have  the  right  of  reply,  and  this  shall 
close  the  debate. 

12.  PresidenC s  vote.  The  President  shall  have  only  a  casting 
vote. 

13.  Mode  of  voting.  A  decision  of  the  Council  shall  be 
given  either  viva  voce,  or  by  a  show  of  hands,  or  by  a  call  of 
the  roll. 

14.  Dissents.  When  a  member  disapproves  of  any  decision, 
he  will  have  a  right  to  have  his  dissent  entered  on  the  minutes 
of  proceedings ;  but  if  he  assigns  reasons  for  his  dissent, 
these  shall  not  be  entered  without  leave  from  the  Council,  but 
shall  be  held  in  retentis  by  the  Clerk. 


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OFFICERS  OF  THE  ALLIANCE. 

President — Rev.  J.  Marshall  Lang,  D.D.,  Glasgow,  Scotland. 
Hon.  Secretary— Rey.  Prof.  W.  G.  Blaikie,  D.D.,  LL.D.,   Edinburgh,  Scot- 
land. 
General  Secretary — Rev.  G.  D.  Mathews,  D.D.,  London,  England. 
American  Secretary. — Rev.  "W.  H.  Roberts,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Philadelphia,  U.S.A. 
General  Treasurer. — R.  T.  Tuexbull,  Esq.,  London,  England. 
American  Treasurer — Geokge  Junkin,  Esq.,  LL.D.,  Philadelphia,  U.S.A. 


EXECUTIVE    COMMISSION. 
Eastern  or  European  Section. 


Rev.  Vincent  Dusek,  Bohemia. 

M.  le  pasteur  P.  Rochedieu,  Brussels. 

M.  le  baron  Prisse,  Antwerp. 

M.  le  pasteur  Sautter.  Paris. 

M.  le  pasteur  HoUard,  Paris. 

Hofprediger  Brandes,  Buckeburg. 

Rev.  Cavaliere  .J.  P.  Pons,  La  Tour. 

Rev.  Prof.  Balogh,  Debreczen. 

M.  le  pasteur  Dardier,  Geneva. 

M.  le  pasteur  H.  de  Meuron,  Neu- 
chatel. 

M.  le  professeur  Em.  Gautier,  Lau- 
sanne. 

Rev.  Principal  Dvkes,  D.D.,  London. 

R.  T.  Turnbull,  Esq.,  London. 

Henry  Robson,  Esq.,  London. 

Rev.  Prof.  Leitch,  D.D.,  Belfast. 

Rev.  H.  M.  Williamson,  D.D.,  Bel- 
fast. 

Rev.  Prof.  W.  Todd  Martin,  D.D., 
D.  Lit.,  Belfast. 

Rev.  William  Park,  M.A.,  Belfast. 

Rev.  Arch.  Scolt.  D.D.,  Edinburgh. 

Rev.  Principal  Alex.  Stewart,  D.D., 
St.  Andrews. 

Rev.  Prof.  A.  Charteris,  D.D.,  Edin- 
burgh . 

Rev.  J.  M'Murtrie,  D.D.,  Edinburgh. 

Rev.  Tlios.  Gentles.  D.D.,  Paisley. 

Rev.  J.  Marshall  Lang,  D.D.,  Glas- 
gow. 

Rev.  Thomas  Somerville.  Glasgow. 

Rev.  P.  M'Adam  Muir,  D  D.,  Glasgow. 

Rev.  Duncan  Campbell,  Edinburgh. 

Viscount  Dalrymple,  Oxenfoord. 


James  A.  Campbell,  Esq.,  LL.D., 
M.P.,  Stracathro. 

A.  T.  Niven,  Esq.,  Edinburgh. 

Rev.  Principal  Rainy,  D.D.,  Edin 
burgh. 

Rev.  J.  G.  Cunningham,  D.D.,  Edin- 
burgh. 

Rev.  J.  Milne  Rae,  D.D.,  Edinburgh. 

Rev.  Lewis  Davidson,  Edinburgh. 

Rev.  Prof.  T.  M.  Lindsay,  D.D.,  Glas- 
gow. 

Rev.  James  Stalker,  D.D., Glasgow. 

Rev.  W.  Ross  Taylor,  D.D.,  Glasgow. 

Rev.  J.  Fairley  Daly,  B.D.,  Glasgow. 

Rev.  Prof.  S.  D.  F.  Salmond,  D.D., 
Aberdeen. 

The  Right  Hon.  Lord  Overtouu,  Glas- 
gow. 

Sir  William  Henderson,  LL.D.,  Aber- 
deen. 

Sir  James  A.  Russell,  Edinburgh. 

A.  Taylor  Innes,  Esq.,  Edinburgh. 

F.  Brown  Douglas.  Esq.,  Edinburgh. 

J.  C.  Robertson,  Esq.,  Glasgow. 

Rev.  Prof.  J.  Orr,  D.D.,  Edinburgh. 

Rev.  John  Smith,  D.D.,  Edinburgh. 

Rev.  James  Kidd,  D.D.,  Glasgow. 

Rev.  A.  R.  MacEwan,  D.D.,  Glasgow. 

Rev.  George  Robson,  D.D.,  Perth. 

Rev.  William  Walton,  D.D.,  Paisley. 

Rev.  James  Buchanan,  Edinburgh. 

Duncan,  M'Laren,  Esq.,  Edinburgh. 

W.  J.  Slowan,  Esq.,  Glasgow. 

Rev.  JohnW.  Kay,  Glasgow. 

Rev.  J.  P.  Struthers,  M.A.,  Greenock. 


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Kev.  Griffith  Ellis,  Bootle,  Liverpool. 

Rev.  A.  M'Neilage,  Allansford,  Vic- 
toria. 

Kev.  D.  Borrie,  Duuediu,  New  Zea- 
land. 

J.  G.  W.  Aitken,  Esq.,  Wellington, 
New  Zealand. 


Rev.  T.  "W.  Turner,  M.D.,  Jamaica. 
Rev.    Charles  Murray,    Graff-Reinet, 

South  Africa. 
Rev.  J.  H.  Hofmeyr,  Somerset  East, 

South  Africa. 
Rev.  Principal  Dykes,  D.D.,  London, 

Convener. 


Westeen  oe  Ameeican  Section. 


Officers. 

Chairman. — Rev.  William  Caven, D. D. , 
LL.D.,  Toronto,  Cau. 

Vice- Chairmen. — Ralph  E.  Prime, Esq. , 
and  Rev.  James  I.  Good,  D.D. 

Secretary. — Rev.  William  Henry  Rob- 
erts, D.D.,  LL.D.,  1319  Walnut 
street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Treasurer.  —  George  Junkiu,  Esq., 
LL.D.,  Sixth  and  Walnut  streets, 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Recording  Secretary. — Rev.  William 
Cochrane,  D.D.,  Brantford,  Onta- 
rio, Canada. 

Members. 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Canada. 

Rev.  Prin.  Wm.  Caven,  D.D.,  LL.D., 

Toronto,  Canada. 
Rev.    Prin.    D.     H.    McVicar,    D.D., 

LL.D.,  Montreal,  Canada. 
Rev.  Wm.  Cochrane,  D.D.,  Brantford, 

Ontario,  Canada. 
Rev.  R.   H.    Warden,   D.D.,  Toronto, 

Canada. 
Rev.  Prin.  G.  M.  Grant,  D.D.,  Kings- 
ton, Canada. 
Rev.   J.    M.    King,  D.D.,  Winnipeg, 

ISIanitoba. 
John   Charlton,    Esq.,    M.P.,    Lyne- 

doch,  Ontario,  Canada. 
David  Morrice,  Esq.,  Montrea',  Can. 

Presbyterian  Church  in  the  U.S.A. 

Rev.Wm.  Henry  Roberts,  D.D.,LL.D., 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Kev.    John    Dixon,    D.D.,    Trenton, 

N.J. 


Rev.  Prof.  Heury  C.  Minton,  D.D., 
San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Rev.  D.  A.  Cunningham,  D.D., 
Wheeling,  W.  Va. 

Rev.  W.  S.  P.  Bryan,  D.D.,  Chicago, 
111. 

Rev.  Pres.  Francis  L.  Patton,  D.D., 
LL.D.,  Princeton,  N.J. 

Rev.  J.  Addison  Henry,  D.D.,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

Rev.  Henry  M.  Baird,  D.D.,  LL.D., 
Yonkers,  N.Y. 

Rev.  J.  A.  Worden,  D.D.,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

Rev.  W.  F.  Junkin,  D.D.,  Montclair, 
N.J. 

Rev.  Wallace  Radcliffe,  D.D.,  Wash- 
ington, D.C. 

Rev.  George  Alexander,  D.D.,  New 
York,  N.Y. 

Gen.  Ralph  E.  Prime,  Yonker.«,  N.  Y. 

F.  Wolcott  Jackson,  Esq.,  Newark, 
N.J. 

George  Junkin,  Esq.,  LL.D.,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

Hon.  W.  M.  Lanning,  Trenton,  N.  J. 

Horace  B.  Silliman,  Esq.,  LL.D., 
Cohoes,  N.Y. 

Silas  B.  Brownell,  Esq.,  LL.D.,  New 
York,  N.  Y. 

F.  K.  Hippie,  Esq.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

John  J.  McCook,  Esq.,  New  York, 
N.Y. 

Presbyterian  Church  in  the  U.  S. 

Rev.  Moses  D.  Hoge,  D.D.,  Richmond, 
Va. 

Rev.  R.  H.  Fleming,  D.D.,  Lynch- 
burg, Va. 


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Kev.  C.  R.  Hemphill,  D.D.,  Louis- 
ville, Ky. 

Rev.  Theron  H.  Rice,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Rev.  A.  W.  Pitzer,  D.D.,  Washing- 
ton, D.C. 

Eev.  R.  P.  Kerr,  D.D.,  Richmond,  Va. 

Rev.  W.  W.  Moore,  D.D.,  Hampden 
Sidney,  Va. 

Hon.  J.  Q.  Ward,  Paris,  Ky. 

Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church. 

Rev.  Pres.  W.  H.  Black,  D.D.,  Mar- 
shall, Mo. 

Rev.  B.  P.  Fullerton,  D.D.,  St.  Louis, 
Mo. 

Rev.  Prof.  J.  V.  Stephens,  Lebanon, 
Tenn. 

Rev.  W.  S.  Daaley,  D.D.,  Owens- 
boro,  Ky. 

Pres.  A.  E.  Turaer,  Lincoln,  111. 

C.  M.  Stark,  Esq.,  Louisiana,  Mo. 

General   Synod,  Reformed  Presbyte- 
rian Church. 

Rev.  Prof.  D.ivid  Steele,  D.D.,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

Rev.  James  D.  Steele,  D.D.,  New 
York,  N.  Y. 

Synod,  Reformed  Presbyterian 
Church. 

Rev.  T.  P.  Stevenson,  D.D.,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

Welsh  Presbyterian  Church. 
T.  S.  Griffiths,  Esq.,  Utica,  N.  Y. 

Associate  Reformed  Synod  of  the 
South. 

Rev.  Prof.  W.  M.  Grier,  D.D.,  Due 
West,  S.  C. 


Reformed  Church  in  America. 

Rev.  J.  Preston  Searle,  D.D.,  New 
Brunswick,  N.  J. 

Rev.  J.  B.  Drury,  D.D.,  New  Bruns- 
wick, N.  J. 

Rev.  David  Cole,  D.D.,  Yonkers,  N.Y. 

Rev.  Donald  S.  MacKay,  D.D.,  New- 
ark, N.  J. 

Rev.  M.  H.  Hutton,  D.D.,  New  Bruns- 
wick, N.  J. 

Rev.  D.  J.  Burrell,  D.D.,  New  York, 
N.  Y. 

John  S.  Bussing,  Esq.,  New  York, 
N.Y. 


United  Presbyterian   Church. 

Rev.  A.  G.  Wallace,  D.D.,  Sewickley, 
Pa. 

Rev.  W.  S.  Owens,  D.D.,  Indiana,  Pa. 

Rev.  W.  W.  Barr,  D.D.,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

Rev.  John  McNaugher,  D.D.,  Alle- 
gheny, Pa. 

H.  J.  Murdoch,  Esq  ,  Pittsburgh,   Pa. 

Wm.  Neeley,  Esq  ,  New  York,  N.Y. 


Reformed  Church  in  the  U.S. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Prugh,  D.D.,  Pittsburgh, 
Pa. 

Rev.  E.  R.  Eschbach,  D.D.,  Fred- 
erick City,  Md. 

Rev.  Prof.  Jas.  I.  Good,  D.D.,  Read- 
ing, Pa. 

Rev.  Jas.  Crawford,  D.D.,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

Eev.  Benj.  S  Stern,  Davton,  O. 

Rev.  H.  M.  Kieffer,  D.D  ,Easton,  Pa. 

Hon.  George  F.  Baer,  LL.D.,  Read- 
ing, Pa. 

Dr.  Joseph  L.  Lemberger,  Le])anon, 
Pa. 


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Eastern  Section. 

Eev.  James  Buchanan,  Edinburgh. 

Rev.  Prof.  Lindsay,  D.D.,  Glasgow. 

Rev.  J.  M.  M'Murtrie,  D.D.,  Edin- 
burgh. 

Rev.  Griffith  Ellis,  Bootle,  Liver- 
pool. 

Rev.  Wm.  Park,  M.  A., Belfast. 

Rev.  Robert  Duulop,  Paisley. 

Geo.  Smith,  Esq.,  LL.D.,  Edinburgh. 

Duncan  M'Laren,  Esq.,  Edinburgh. 


PERMANENT   COMMITTEES. 

I.    Committee  on  Foreign  Missions. 

Western  Section. 


Eev.  F.F.  Ellinwood,  D.D.,  LL.D., 
New  York,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Prugh,  D.D.,  Pittsburgh, 
Pa. 

Rev.  Geo.  D.  Baker,  D.D.,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

Rev.  A.  W.  Pitzer,  D.D.,  Washington, 
D.  C. 

Rev.  Henry  N.  Cobb,  D.D.,  New 
York,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  R.  P.  McKay,  M.A.,  Toronto, 
Canada. 

Rev.  J.  W.  Laiighlin,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Rev.  W.  W.  Barr,  D.D.,  Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

Rev.  H.  C.  Minton,  D.D.,  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal. 

Hon.  J.  Hoge  Tyler,  Radford,  Va. 

H.  B.  Silliman,  Esq.,  LL.D.,  Cohoes, 
N.  Y. 

Dr.  Jacob  H.  Stein,  Reading,  Pa. 

Hamilton  Cassells,  Esq.,  Toronto, 
Canada. 

Peter  Donald,  Esq.,  New  York,  N.Y. 


II.  Committee  on  Work  on  the  European  Continent. 

Eastern  Section. 


Rev.  Prof.  W.  G.  Blaikie,  D.D., 
Edinburgh. 

Rev.  Prof.  Leitch,  D.D.,  Belfast. 

Rev.  Prof.  A.  Charteris,  D.D.,  Edin- 
burgh. 

Rev.  Duncan  Campbell,  Edinburgh. 

Rev.  J.  S.  Cunningham,  D.D.,  Edin- 
burgh. 

Rev.  J.  Fairley  Daly,  B.D.,  Glas- 
gow. 

Rev.  J.  Milne  Rae,  D.D.,  Edinburgh. 

Rev.  Prof.  Johnstone,  Edinburgh. 

F.  Brown  Douglas,  Esq.,   Edinburgh. 


Western   Section. 

Rev.  Prof.  Jas.  I.  Good,  D.D.,  Read- 
ing, Pa. 

Rev.  J.  B.  Drury,  D.D.,  New  Bruns- 
wick, N.  J. 

Rev.  John  Hall,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  New 
York,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Prin.  D.  H.  McVicar,  D.D., 
LL.D.,  Montreal,  Canada. 

Rev.  Wm.  A.  Murk  and,  D.D.,  Balti- 
more, Md. 

Rev.  A.  G.  Wallace,  D.D.,  Sewickley, 
Pa. 

Rev.  J.  D.  Steele,  Ph.D.,  New  York, 
N.  Y. 

Ralph  E.  Prime,  Esq.,  Y'onkers,  N.  Y. 

S.  B.  Brownell,  Esq.,  New  York,  N.Y. 

N.  S.  King,  M.D.,  Yonkers,  N..  Y. 

George  Hay,  Esq.,  J.  P.,  Ottawa, 
Canada. 


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Committee  on  Sabbath-school  Work. 


Eastern  Section. 

A.  T.  Niven,  Esq.,  Edinburgh. 
J.  C.  Robertson,  Esq.,  Glasgow. 
Rev.  Prof.  Salmond,  D.D.,  Aberdeen. 
Rev.  W.  A.  Walton,  D.D.,  Paisley. 
Rev.    Griffith    Ellis,     Bootle,     Liver- 
pool. 
Henry  Robson,  Esq.,  London. 


Western  Section. 

Rev.  Wm.  Cochrane,  D.D.,  Braot- 
ford,  Ontario,  Canada. 

Rev.  A.  W.  Pitzer,  D.D.,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. 

Rev.  F.  R.  Beattie,  D.D.,  Louisville, 
Ky. 

Rev.  L.  Y.  Graham,  D.D.,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

A.  C.  Stewart,  Esq.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Franklin  Dye,  Esq.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 

A.  H.  Smith,  Esq.,  Baltimore,  Md. 

Dr.  Walter  Paul,  Montreal,  Canada. 


IV.  Committee  on  Desiderata  of  Presbyterian  History. 


Eastern  Section. 

Rev.  Prof.  Lindsay,  D.D.,  Glasgow. 
Rev.    Prof.   A.   F.    Mitchell,  D.D.,  St. 

Andrews. 
Rev.  Prof.  H.  Story,  D.D.,  Glasgow. 
Rev.  Prin.  Rainv,  D.D..  Edinburgh. 
Rev.  Prof.  J.  Orr,  D.D.,  Edinburgh. 
Rev.  Prof.  J.  Heron,  D.D.,  Belfast. 


Western  Section. 

Rev.  Prof.  H.  M.  Baird,  D.D.,  LL.D., 
Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Prof.  John  DeWitt,  D.D., 
LL.D.,  Princeton,  N.  J. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Roberts,  D.D.,  LL.D., 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Rev.  Prof.  J.  Campbell,  D.D.,  Mon- 
treal, Canada. 

Rev.  Prof.  J.  H.  Dubbs,  D.D.,  Lan- 
ca.ster,  Pa. 

Rev.  Prof.  W.  W.  Moore,  D.D., 
Hampden  Sidnev,Va. 

Rev.  Prof.  R.  V.  Foster,  D.D.,  Leb- 
anon, Tenn. 

Rev.  Prof.  E.  T.  Corwin,  D.D., 
Greendale,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  Samuel  M.  Jackson,  D.D., 
LL.D.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

Henry  X.  Dotterer,  Esq.,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 

John  S.  Bussing,  Esq.,  New  York, 
N.  Y. 


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Western  Section. 

Kev.    W.    H.Roberts,    D.D.,LL.D.,  Rev.  T.  P.  Stevenson,  D.D.,  Philadel- 

Philadelphia,  Pa.  phia,  Pa. 

Rev.   John   Hall,  D.D.,   LL.D.,    New  Rev.   G.   B.   Strickler,    D.D.,   Hamp 

York,  N.  Y.  den  Sidney,  Va. 

Rev.    W.    S.    Owens,    D.D.,  Indiana,  Rev.  W.  J.  Darby,  D.D.,   Evausville, 

Pa.  ni. 

Rev.  D.  J.  Burrell.  D.D.,  New  York,       Rev.  J.  A.  Peters,  D.D..  Tiffin,  O. 

N.  Y.  Rev.    Wm.    Cochrane,    D.D.,    Brant- 

Rev.  W.  H.  Hnbbard,  Auburn,  N.  Y,  ford,  Ontario,  Canada. 

Note. — The  General  Secretary  is  ex  officio  a  member  of  all  Committees  of 
Council,  and  the  American  Secretary  is  ex  officio  a  member  of  all  Committees 
of  the  Western  Section. 


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